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AIPAC's Washington Conference Will Reflect American Support for Israel
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lenny Ben-David - The AIPAC Policy Conference will close on Tuesday with wall-to-wall expressions of support for Israel by the 18,000 delegates. Why? Because the American public supports Israel, its values, democracy, pride, bravery, and sacrifices. The Policy Conference will showcase Americans of color who support the Jewish state, Catholic and Protestant clergy who back Israel along with their local rabbis, and wounded American veterans who are benefiting from Israeli innovations and are sharing life experiences with Israeli veterans. At AIPAC's 1976 Policy Conference, Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) said: "Columnists, editorial writers have warned us about ethnic lobbies. We've heard careless and, I think, reckless things being said about the powerful Jewish lobby. As if somehow or another, it was against the law in this country to speak up for what you believe in. It is good for the basic democratic process that people who have convictions about what American public policy should be take time to get their fellow Americans and their public officials to understand what they believe and to urge their support." AIPAC reflects the best of the U.S. and its people - its political system, its optimism, its spirit, and its selfless mission. That's AIPAC's power. The writer served 25 years in senior posts in AIPAC in Washington and Jerusalem.